Linux Basic Commands

ls	Lists a directory’s content
pwd	Shows the current working directory’s path
cd	Changes the working directory
mkdir	Creates a new directory
rm	Deletes a file
cp	Copies files and directories, including their content
mv	Moves or renames files and directories
touch	Creates a new empty file
file	Checks a file’s type
zip and unzip	Creates and extracts a ZIP archive
tar	Archives files without compression in a TAR format
nano, vi, and jed	Edits a file with a text editor
cat	Lists, combines, and writes a file’s content as a standard output
grep	Searches a string within a file
sed	Finds, replaces, or deletes patterns in a file
head	Displays a file’s first ten lines
tail	Prints a file’s last ten lines
awk	Finds and manipulates patterns in a file
sort	Reorders a file’s content
cut	Sections and prints lines from a file
diff	Compares two files’ content and their differences
tee	Prints command outputs in Terminal and a file
locate	Finds files in a system’s database
find	Outputs a file or folder’s location
sudo	Runs a command as a superuser
su	Runs programs in the current shell as another user
chmod	Modifies a file’s read, write, and execute permissions
chown	Changes a file, directory, or symbolic link’s ownership
useradd and userdel	Creates and removes a user account
df	Displays the system’s overall disk space usage
du	Checks a file or directory’s storage consumption
top	Displays running processes and the system’s resource usage
htop	Works like top but with an interactive user interface
ps	Creates a snapshot of all running processes
uname	Prints information about your machine’s kernel, name, and hardware
hostname	Shows your system’s hostname
time	Calculates commands’ execution time
systemctl	Manages system services
watch	Runs another command continuously
jobs	Displays a shell’s running processes with their statuses
kill	Terminates a running process